NickSpringfield
New member
Ok everyone, I have a question for anyone with experience. I'm almost finished writing my album. (BTW, I rap and produce). Now, what I do is complete the instrumental and record on my own in my little set up, but it's not good enough quality to sell to anyone. This will be my second release and I want to learn from my past mistakes, so I want to do it right this time.
I usually record the full song and do edits and everything, but I'm not happy with the vocal quality (clarity) or the completed mix. I've been at it for a few years now, but my room acoustics and my one bad ear and lack of expert knowlege is holding back the mixes.
What I want to do is go to a professional studio and record my vocals there and have an engineer mix the songs down. What I'm asking is if I can just show up there (to a typical studio, I know they vary) with a bunch of beats and record my vocals and have them mix it? I'll be bringing the completed sessions, so they can mess with each individual track. (Whats the most universal format?)
I'm also wondering if anyone knows of a decent studio in the eastern PA area. And, although I know they would all vary in price, what would be the "typical" proce for a 15 track album to be recorded and mixed (the music is all done- just needs some tweaking)?
Sorry it's so long, but I'm finally seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. This project is very close to me and it's taken almost three years to complete. I don't want to mess this up by taking shortcuts.
Any help would be massively appreciated. I respect the opinions of people on here, so previous experiences would be great. If you work at a studio and I came in and asked you this, what would you say?
Thank you all very much,
Springfield
I usually record the full song and do edits and everything, but I'm not happy with the vocal quality (clarity) or the completed mix. I've been at it for a few years now, but my room acoustics and my one bad ear and lack of expert knowlege is holding back the mixes.
What I want to do is go to a professional studio and record my vocals there and have an engineer mix the songs down. What I'm asking is if I can just show up there (to a typical studio, I know they vary) with a bunch of beats and record my vocals and have them mix it? I'll be bringing the completed sessions, so they can mess with each individual track. (Whats the most universal format?)
I'm also wondering if anyone knows of a decent studio in the eastern PA area. And, although I know they would all vary in price, what would be the "typical" proce for a 15 track album to be recorded and mixed (the music is all done- just needs some tweaking)?
Sorry it's so long, but I'm finally seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. This project is very close to me and it's taken almost three years to complete. I don't want to mess this up by taking shortcuts.
Any help would be massively appreciated. I respect the opinions of people on here, so previous experiences would be great. If you work at a studio and I came in and asked you this, what would you say?
Thank you all very much,
Springfield